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  1. 06-27-2005, 10:45 PM #1
    TheStudent
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    A Future Teacher

    Hi,

    I wasn't sure if this was the right forum to post this question, so if it is not, would a moderator please move it to the proper location?

    I'm going to be a sophomore in high school this year, and I'm starting to look toward the future. The way that I see it, if I want to be successful, and have the most efficient college experience, I need to have a loose plan of what I want to do with my life by sometime during my junior year.

    Quite frankly, I love english. Reading is one of my favorite hobbies, second only to writing. I'd like to someday, possibly be a creative writing teacher in a high school or middle school atmosphere.

    Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone could provide me with some insight into what it's really like to be a teacher. But more specifically, I'd like to have an idea of what I'm in for.

    What should I be doing now to prepare? Assuming that I do decide that I'd like to become an english teacher, should I get a degree in english, or should I go for something like secondary education? What happens after I graduate college? Is it very hard to find a good teaching job?

    And more generally, can you give me any insight into being a teacher?

    Thank you in Advance,
    Jon
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  2. 06-28-2005, 12:46 AM #2
    cmromey
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    It makes me happy that you might want to pursue teaching as a profession. As an English teacher myself, I always appreciate the students who actually enjoy reading Macbeth as opposed to feeling like it is a chore they must do.

    One thing I have learned as I have taught high school (I teach seniors) is that from your junior year to your first year of college you may completely change what you want to do with your life...and that is OK. You don't have to have all the answers by the end of your junior year. Trust me on this. However it is good that you do have an idea and some direction.

    I would suggest you read some stuff out there on teaching and education. i'm sure if you look through the archives of these forums you will find some titles. i'm currently reading a book by Alfie Kohn called The Schools our Children Deserve. It is really enlightening....rather academic and heady but it will give you some insight on what "good" education should be.

    I don't know what the requirements are for becoming a teacher in your state. I would ask one of your current teachers on that. That will dictate what area you should studey in college....if you should major in education as well as english. Very rarely (if ever) do you enter a school to //just// teach creative writing. Usually creative writing classes are given to current English teachers as an elective class to teach. This may be different in your area, but in FL this is the norm.

    Hope this helps some,
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    CR
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